Post by zainelia on Jul 9, 2010 12:12:54 GMT
Hello all,
puzzling indeed if the Bible did not mention what we call dinosaurs. It does mention them, however, perhaps not as we would expect. The Bible refers to various animals that we would call dinosaurs as; dragons, sea monsters, flying serpents, leviathan and behemoth, to name a few. The term "dinosaur" was "invented" by Richard Owen, a creationist, in 1842 to describe a class of very large reptile fossils that were being discovered. It means, "terrible-lizard".
If men had witnessed and described these same animals in the past, obviously, they would not have used the term "dinosaur". Notice this piece on the right from the first century Roman mosaic known as the Nile Mosaic.
puzzling indeed if the Bible did not mention what we call dinosaurs. It does mention them, however, perhaps not as we would expect. The Bible refers to various animals that we would call dinosaurs as; dragons, sea monsters, flying serpents, leviathan and behemoth, to name a few. The term "dinosaur" was "invented" by Richard Owen, a creationist, in 1842 to describe a class of very large reptile fossils that were being discovered. It means, "terrible-lizard".
If men had witnessed and described these same animals in the past, obviously, they would not have used the term "dinosaur". Notice this piece on the right from the first century Roman mosaic known as the Nile Mosaic.
